Synopsis
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
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Cast
- Christian BaleKen Miles
- Matt DamonCarroll Shelby
- Jon BernthalLee Iacocca
- Caitríona BalfeMollie Miles
- Josh LucasLeo Beebe
- Noah JupePeter Miles
- Tracy LettsHenry Ford II
- Remo GironeEnzo Ferrari
- Ray McKinnonPhil Remington
- JJ FeildRoy Lunn
Recommendations
- 100
TheWrap
The chemistry between Bale and Damon is what makes the movie move the way it does, along with the script. Bale alone in the race car figuring out how to win and survive is where the film really sings. - 91
The Playlist
Ford v Ferrari is the sort of cinematic entertainment that sucks you in and won’t let you go until you cross the finish line. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
The film’s lively dynamics owe much to the bristly nature of nearly every relationship and interaction in the film. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
It’s a movie so well put together as a hero’s tale that it moves along almost too smoothly; the script by brothers Jez and John Henry Butterworth hits its marks of tragedy and triumph with a kind of shiny, measured inevitability. - 83
The Film Stage
Ford v Ferrari is an easy film to scoff at; there is nothing new here, and there is no debating that fact. Instead, we have a compelling story told in simple, intelligent fashion. It deserves a spot on the list of great racing dramas, and the list of the year’s most entertaining dramas. - 75
IndieWire
Damon and Bale are such magnetic onscreen figures that it doesn’t take much to inject their various arguments, smarmy asides, and high-stakes bets with plenty of intrigue. - 70
Variety
Watching Bale and Damon channel those two speed freaks in all of their surly, testosterone-spitting glory is a reminder of how much fun it was to watch Bale play a similar character opposite Mark Wahlberg in “The Fighter.” - 63
Slant Magazine
At a time when the nation continues to weigh the fate of its auto industry, James Mangold’s depiction of the Ford Motor Company facing its first major financial threat transparently plays to nostalgic reveries of the industry’s golden age.
